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NCR BUILDING, 6TH FLOOR, 6 BROAD STREET, LAGOS, NIGERIA
Tel:
Work +234 1 280 6970-1
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Fax +234 1 280 6972
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www.gelias.com
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in Nigeria

Corporate and finance

Within Corporate and finance, G. Elias & Co. is a first tier firm,

G. Elias & Co. is ‘built on the tenets of professionalism, excellence and industry’. Gbolahan Elias led a team which advised Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria on its $20bn bond issuance programme. Other highlights included acting for Orwell International on a merger to create Nigeria’s largest indigenous oil field servicing company. Elias has ‘excellent research capabilities and structured finance skills’, and attracts very high praise among his peers.

Dispute resolution

Within Dispute resolution, G. Elias & Co. is a third tier firm,

G. Elias & Co. provides ‘very high-quality legal advice and the personal attention of senior members’. The esteemed Gbolahan Elias and the ‘highly skilled’ Fred Onuobia led the advice to two major multinationals in product liability and marketing regulation disputes. Other recent work includes acting for Lutin Investment on the enforcement of a marine sector arbitration award worth $210m.

Energy and natural resources

Within Energy and natural resources, G. Elias & Co. is a second tier firm,

G. Elias & Co.’s energy practice is headed by the ‘professional and dependable’ Fred Onuobia. Gbolahan Elias is leading the advice to the Federal Government’s Bureau of Public Enterprise on a credit support package for Nigeria’s ongoing electric power reform. The team advised the lender, Standard Chartered, on the $1bn financing of Nigeria’s largest-ever natural gas-to-liquids project.


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